Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Matt Harvey, in his first major league start in more than a year, gave up two home runs in three innings as the Cincinnati Reds won the second game of Wednesday night's doubleheader, 5-0.

Harvey, the former Fitch High School standout, allowed three runs on four hits and two walks. He threw 54 pitches. All three runs scored via home runs in his third and final inning.

Harvey, a former All-Star Game starter while with the New York Mets, has battled physical ailments in recent years, signed a minor-league contract in late July after being without a team for the first time in his career.

He struck out four and looked sharp through his first two innings. His fastball reached 95 miles per hour. In the third inning and the second time through the lineup, the Reds (10-12) jumped on Harvey early in the count.

"I was, I guess pleasantly surprised with how I was able to for the most part attack the zone," Harvey said. "I threw some good pitches. Obviously, I threw two really bad ones that probably cost us the game.

"It was kind of a surreal moment of a lot of different nerves that I haven't felt in a very long time. It was definitely exciting to be out there."

Harvey gave up three hits and three runs with two outs in the inning. Nick Castellanos hit a 1-0 fastball for a two-out single to right field. Then Jesse Winker smashed a first-pitch curveball down and in over the right-field wall. Eugenio Suarez capped the scoring when he clubbed an 0-1 slider over the center field wall to make it back-to-back homers in the span of three pitches.

By the time he walked the following batter, Mike Moustakas, the Royals had right-hander Jesse Hahn warming up in the bullpen. Harvey got an inning-ending fly ball to make it through the third.

In the fourth inning, the Royals gave the ball to Hahn, who was Harvey's high school teammate at Fitch. Harvey's father, Ed, was their coach. Hahn and Harvey also pitched against each other when Harvey was at the University of North Carolina and Hahn at Virginia Tech.

"That's something special," Hahn said. "We don't know if it's ever happened before, but that's something that I know some guys back home are going to be pretty pumped about it. I know both our fathers were watching the game. I know they're fired up right now."

Hahn began the season on the bereavement/family medical emergency list following the death of his mother. Upon rejoining the team he remained on the restricted list and resumed baseball activities at the alternate training site, T-Bones Stadium, while he remained on the restricted list.

Hahn's wife, Jessica, gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Hudson on Aug. 15. The Royals reinstated Hahn from the paternity list and designated him as the 29th man on the active roster for Wednesday's doubleheader.

"It's kind of been a whirlwind for me," Hahn said. "I had some things outside the field that I try to keep outside the ballpark right now. I think for me just being around the guys again and just being on the field and getting back in that routine, being at T-Bones for two weeks and being able to build up there really helped me out a lot. I'm back in the swing of things and I'm just happy to be here right now."

Hahn tossed a scoreless frame without allowing a hit though he hit one batter with a pitch, but the Reds added a run on a Nick Castellanos solo homer in the fifth off right-hander Greg Holland.

Trevor Bauer allowed only a single by Adalberto Mondesi in the fifth inning. He walked three and struck out nine, lowering his ERA to 0.68.

In the opener, Brad Keller pitched hitless ball into the sixth inning and extended his shutout streak, leading Kansas City past Cincinnati.

Keller (3-0) held the Reds without a hit until Tucker Barnhart looped a single into center field to begin the sixth. He gave up three hits, struck out five and walked Jesse Winker three times — his only walks in 6 2/3 innings.

Luis Castillo (0-3) allowed three earned runs in 3 1/3 innings, striking out five.